Fairy Book, The Frog and the Lion Fairy, part 1: the sisters free their husbands, and the queen's chariot crashes

Tests: 4 of 13 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 14 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1178 of the books course of Mova's primary school, as Mova's small model took its tests: it had read this lesson and the ones before it and learned from their exercises. Each test shows the options in the order the student saw them, its choice, the right answer, the score of every option and why it chose.

Every question of this lesson and each of its options parsed by Mova, with trees and pragmatics: the lesson's questions in the corpora.

Test 1 · ★ · wrong ✗

Oi, did the sisters actually get their husbands back or wot?

1. Yeah, they got them out, innit — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Yeah, they did — no support
3. Nah, the witch kept them locked up for years and they never really got free, mate — ← Mova's choice · score 1
4. Yeah, they rescued both, bruv — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 950, line 13: «Her husband killed a sailor "by mischance," and he must work for three years "in irons."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «husband» (+2); the same property (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · right ✓

Bruv, why'd the frog just sit there in the middle of the lake?

1. He was having a right kip — no support
2. He was stuck in the mud — no support
3. He was sulking, proper mardy — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
4. He was just bored — no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1178, line 1: «The sisters tow the frog across the lake on a string, and he sulks in the middle until he is promised treats.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «sulk» (+1); the same doer «frog» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wait, the witch got nuked by a stone, right?

1. Nah, she just ran off mate — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Yeah, dead — no support
3. Yeah, she got flattened — no support
4. Yeah, mate, proper finished — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

So the queen was like sixteen and stuck in a dusty castle?

1. Yeah, dead boring, she was gutted — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Yeah, she was dead bored lol — no support
3. Yeah, she was fine — no support
4. Nah, she loved the castle loads — ← Mova's choice · score 1

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 647, line 12: «The witch wants "some one to love me", so the Queen kisses her "half a hundred times", which is fifty.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «witch» (+2). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did the sisters just ask the witch nicely to slide down?

1. Yeah, they begged her really nicely — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. Nah, they got her to hold the magic line while they pushed her down the cliff — score 4
3. Nah, they tricked her with the line — ✓ the right answer · score 2
4. Nah, they threatened her with a big stone and then hid behind the hut until she gave up — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 4, tied with another option at 4 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 647, line 16: «The King calls the Queen "silly" and says she never asked the witch for a boy, the heir he needed.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same receiver «witch» (+4); the same doer «queen» (+3). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-3). The right option, 3, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · right ✓

Why did the queen's horses go mental?

1. A dog barked at them loudly — score 0
2. A wild boar ran out of the bushes and they got scared and galloped off — no support
3. The wind blew really hard that day — no support
4. She whipped them, so they bolted — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 4 with score 2, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 727, line 6: «Hans rides his horse, and when he "smacked his lips and cried 'Jip!'" the horse runs off at full gallop.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «run off» (+1); the same doer «horse» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · right ✓

Ooh, so the queen grabbed the side and dropped the reins?

1. Yeah, she was bricking it — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Nah, she held on tight — no support
3. Yeah, she clung on to the side for dear life and let go of the reins, proper scared — no support
4. Yeah, she was calm and cool — no support

Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · right ✓

The pitch-and-hot-stones thing, that's proper gross, innit?

1. Yeah, mate, minging but it worked — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Nah, mate, it was pretty clever — no support
3. Yeah, proper gross — no support
4. Yeah, mate, it was rank but fine — no support

Why: Nothing it remembers matched the question, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did the king give up his land to the other people?

1. Nah, he just wanted to be left alone — ✓ the right answer · score 2
2. Yeah, he handed over the whole kingdom to them after the defeat and went to live in peace — score 3
3. Nah, he kept it all for himself — score 4
4. Nah, he refused to give anything up and kept on fighting the neighbours until the end of time — ← Mova's choice · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1166, line 16: «What does Jack do at the end? He ties the sleeves of his jacket together to make "a kind of bag" for the gold.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+3); the same doer «jack» (+2). The right option, 1, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wait, the king was defeated, so he hid behind the walls?

1. Yeah, he locked himself in the capital's tower and waited for the enemy to go away — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. Yeah, he hid in the castle — score 6
3. Nah, he ran away to the hills — score 3
4. Yeah, he was stuck in the capital — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 6, tied with another option at 6 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1164, line 1: «The hedgehog runs off to drink, and the greyhound kills the jackal father, who waited too long for his breakfast.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «wait» (+4); the same doer «jackal father» (+2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

So the husbands were just lying there, tied up in the dark?

1. Yeah, wings and feet, proper harsh — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Yeah, they were tied up tight — score 0
3. Nah, they were sitting by a fire — score -1
4. Nah, they were up in the light, chatting and eating, with no ropes on them at all really — ← Mova's choice · score 1

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 1, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1051, line 18: «Old word: "dowry" is the money or goods a bride brings to her husband when she marries; Becfola had none, so she is "the Dowerless".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «old word» (+2); the same circumstance (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did the frog's mum actually come up the cliff on the line?

1. Yeah, the mum came up on the line but the elder sister had already gone back down the hill — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. Yeah, the younger one did — no support
3. Nah, the elder sister climbed the cliff herself and the mum stayed at the bottom of the hill — score 0
4. Yeah, the elder sister did — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 4, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 29, line 10: «The last verse: «High in the blue above Swifts whirl and call— We are down a-dabbling Uptails all!» So «Up tails all!» comes twice: at the end of the first ver…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «end» (+4); the same action «come» (+3). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-3). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗

Was the witch really dead at the end or what?

1. Yeah, the sisters finished her off — ✓ the right answer · score 5
2. Yeah, the king finished her off — score 8
3. Yeah, the sisters finished her off with a big stone that crushed her head completely — ← Mova's choice · score 9
4. Nah, she survived and ran away — no support

Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). It chose option 3 with score 9, against 8 for the next best. Its support: lesson 791, line 9: «Why: the dead woman tells the pastor, "Learn to know mankind!", because his hard words made her come to him.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «woman» (+6); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same circumstance (+1). The right option, 1, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

To what extent did the elder sister's use of the magic line determine the outcome of the witch's test of courage?

1. It was just a rope — no support
2. The line enabled the elder sister to return upwards and thereby deceive the witch — ✓ the right answer · score -3
3. The line allowed the elder sister to climb out of the pit and so surprise the old woman entirely — score -3
4. The line let the younger sister climb out of the pit and thereby fool the witch completely — ← Mova's choice · score -1

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score -1, against -3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 148, line 14: «The father laughs, kisses them both, and tells them to use the glass well.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same doer «father» (-1); a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, scored -3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which event immediately preceded the queen's loss of control over her chariot?

1. The reins snapping — no support
2. The appearance of a wild boar causing the hunt to gallop away — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. A loud noise — ← Mova's choice · score 1
4. The queen spotting a stag and her servants laughing at her cries for help — score -1

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 1, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 714, line 7: «The king is the one who "bewailed his sad loss" at his queen's grave, and he later marries the richly dressed lady he met there.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «sad loss» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same doer «one» (-1); a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

Identify the reason the queen gave for leaving the castle to hunt.

1. The king had asked her to go on the hunt — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. She was tired of being always in the castle — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Her husband had ordered her out so that the guards could prepare the walls for an attack by the neighbours — no support
4. She wanted to see the sea for the first time — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1159, line 20: «Think about it: why does the queen leave Manus alone on the path, and why does the red-tunic man still help him?», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same receiver «manus» (+3); the same doer «tunic man» (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓

What was the principal cause of the king's wish to send his wife to a fortified place?

1. A bad harvest — no support
2. The king's defeat in battle and the approaching siege of his capital — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
3. The queen's constant complaints about the cold and the damp of the castle walls — score 2
4. The war — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 6, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1178, line 13: «In the second tale the king is "a good and kind man" who is defeated, and he sends his wife to a castle.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «defeat» (+4); the same doer «good man» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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